---
title: "Home Price Index Forecast (Time Series) (Batch)"
method: POST
path: "/v2/metrodiv/hpi_ts_forecast"
tags: ["Metro Division Level"]
---

# Home Price Index Forecast (Time Series) (Batch)

`POST /v2/metrodiv/hpi_ts_forecast`

Access forecasted time series data of monthly home price index (HPI) values for a Metropolitan Division, including data three years in the future, for informed property investment planning. 

Source: HouseCanary 

Pricing Tier: Premium 

Updated: Monthly

## Request Query Params

<table><tr><th>Property</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th><th>Enum Values</th></tr>
<tr><td>order</td><td>string</td><td>Chronological order to sort result items. One of [asc or desc]. Defaults to asc.</td><td>asc</td>
        <td>[asc, desc]</td></tr>
<tr><td>limit</td><td>integer</td><td>Maximum integer number of result items to return. Defaults to null.</td><td>10</td>
        <td></td></tr>
<tr><td>start</td><td>string</td><td>Beginning date limit for result items, based on month, in ISO 8601 format, i.e. 2015-01-01. Defaults to null.</td><td>2015-01-01</td>
        <td></td></tr>
<tr><td>end</td><td>string</td><td>Ending date limit for result items, based on month, in ISO 8601 format, i.e. 2015-01-01. Defaults to null.</td><td>2015-01-01</td>
        <td></td></tr>
</table>

## Request Body Fields

<table><tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></tr>
<tr><td>[]</td><td>object</td><td></td><td></td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>[].metrodiv</td><td>string</td><td>5-digit US-census metrodiv ID</td><td>41884</td>
        </tr>
</table>

## Response

<table><tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></tr>
<tr><td>time_series</td><td>array</td><td></td><td></td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[]</td><td>object</td><td></td><td></td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].month</td><td>string</td><td>Month of the HPI value in ISO format</td><td>2023-08-01</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].hpi_value</td><td>number</td><td>Home price index value</td><td>152.43</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].hpi_real</td><td>number</td><td>Home price index value adjusted for inflation</td><td>143.67</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].hpi_trend</td><td>number</td><td>The normalized distance of hpi_value from a long term linear trend. Units are in standard deviations from the mean.</td><td>0.87</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].hpi_distance</td><td>number</td><td>The normalized distance of hpi_value from the long term linear trend. Units are in standard deviations from the mean.</td><td>-0.22</td>
        </tr>
</table>

## Query parameters

- `order` 'asc' | 'desc', nullable
- `limit` integer, nullable
- `start` string, nullable
- `end` string, nullable

## Request body

- object[]
  - `metrodiv` string — 5-digit US-census metrodiv ID

## Response `200`

Success

- object[]
  - `metrodiv/hpi_ts_forecast` object
    - `api_code_description` string
    - `api_code` unknown
    - `result` object, nullable
      - `time_series` object[]
        - `month` string, date — Month of the HPI value in ISO format
        - `hpi_value` number — Home price index value
        - `hpi_real` number — Home price index value adjusted for inflation
        - `hpi_trend` number — The normalized distance of hpi_value from a long term linear trend. Units are in standard deviations from the mean.
        - `hpi_distance` number — The normalized distance of hpi_value from the long term linear trend. Units are in standard deviations from the mean.
  - `metrodiv_info` MetrodivInfo
    - `metrodiv` string — 5-digit US-census metrodiv ID
    - `metrodiv_name` string — Name of the metrodiv
    - `msa` string — 5-digit US-census msa ID
    - `msa_name` string — Name of the msa

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded

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